Everything You Need To Know About Jason Statham

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Jason Statham can kick your ass. A no-frills, all-muscle English action star who is best-known for starring in over-the-top escapist film franchises like The Transporter and Crank and ensemble hits like The Italian Job and Snatch. He's a tough guy who delivers exactly as advertised when the menu calls for big physical stunts and loads of ass kicking.

An Oscar-winning actor he is not. An unapologetic tough guy and engaging screen presence, he most certainly is. As one of the few British action stars to make it big in America in movies like Cellular and Death Race, Jason Statham looks to continue his reign of kicking ass and taking names as one of the all-star action heroes in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables.

Like the iconic action god Chuck Norris and his Expendables co-star Sylvester Stallone before him, Jason Statham has a lean muscular frame and an overall expression that screams "badass" with every glance. Throw in a sweet ride (his prized Audi S4) and an English accent that's only growing in pop culture coolness and Jason Statham is a ruggedly handsome babe magnet of the highest order. He's an unpredictable man's man who we imagine would take his woman out for a steak dinner and a speedy evening drive before crashing a trendy nightspot and duking it out with any dude who would dare to cut in on his action.

If we've established that Jason Statham is a target of female attention, the question remains: What kinds of women does he like? To put it simply, he likes beautiful ones, as per his previous relationship with the lovely Kelly Brook and his current love affair with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, a Victoria's Secret Angel.

Jason Statham is not an action star who operates at the level of Arnold, Sly or Willis. That's not to say that he isn't getting there. With age on his side, seasoned martial arts skills to put into play, and an effortlessly cool accent to boot, Jason Statham's unique brand of action and charisma have given him a loyal audience that has followed his most popular characters, Frank Martin and Chev Chelios, through multiple entries in the Transporter and Crank movies, respectively.

He prefers to do the vast majority of his own driving stunts, fight scenes and aerial stunts — which have included hanging from a helicopter in Crank — he feels confident when he's in control of his own destiny. He just doesn't mention it to his family ahead of time if he's planning on putting his life in danger that day. To some, it sounds dangerous, but to him, it comes with the territory. Find out 20 things you need to know about Jason Statham:

1.Dad-to-be

Statham and his fiance, gorgeous model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, are expecting their first child.

5. He takes his work seriously

Statham has advocated for stunt performers to be given their own category at the Oscars.

6. Unshakable interest in sports

Statham has always been into sports. Football, gymnastics and martial arts were some of his hobbies growing up, that’s until he became obsessed with diving.

7. Diving competitions

His obsessions led to a place on Britain’s National Diving Squad and a series of international diving competitions, culminating in a respectable 12th place ranking as part of the 1992 World Championships.

8. Making ends meet

Statham’s love of sports was physically fulfilling, but financially unrewarding, and he soon turned to other money-making measures to make ends meet. One of these was hawking imitation (and sometimes stolen) jewelry in briefcases on London street corners.

9. Modeling

That soon changed when he was approached by an agent during a workout at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre which led to modeling gigs for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger and Levi Strauss & Co.

10. Mobile and games

11. Romance

Statham was in a relationship with Kelly Brook from 1997 to 2004. Clearly, he has a thing for English models.

12. Statham has also had experience in the company of Playboy models

He was invited to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion for the 2008 Midnight Summer Dream Party and was asked to leave when he refused to be in pictures with the models. One might assume that he was too distracted in the observing of the scenery around him.

13. He’s ridiculously fit

14. A pivotal encounter

Who knew his black market experience would come in handy down the road. While Statham was working as a model for FCUK, he was introduced to an upstart director named Guy Ritchie. The director, aware of his past work as a street con, asked him to audition to play a similar hustler named Bacon in the film, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

15. Role in Snatch

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was well-received by critics and led to a second collaboration with Guy Ritchie as “Turkish” in Snatch two years later.

16. American film market debut

It’s his work for Guy Ritchie that propelled him into his role in The One as a futuristic agent being particularly enjoyable as it gave him the opportunity to share the screen with one of his martial arts idols, Jet Li.